BSA Sections & Related Societies

BRYOLOGICAL AND LICHENOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair (2012):

*Karen Renzaglia
Department of Plant Biology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 453-3229
renzaglia@plant.siu.edu

Program Director (2013):

Roger Rosentreter
Bureau of Land Management
1387 S. Vinnell Way
Boise, ID 83709
(208) 373-3824
roger_rosentreter@blm.gov

DEVELOPMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL SECTION

Chair (2013):

*Bruce K. Kirchoff
Department of Biology
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
(336) 334-4953, FAX (336) 334-5839
E-Mail: kirchoff@uncg.edu

Program Director (2012):

Carol Wilson
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-3157
Ph (503) 725-3870
E-mail: carol.wilson@cgu.edu

Treasurer (2014):

Elena Kramer
Harvard University
E-Mail: ekramer@oeb.harvard.edu

ECOLOGY SECTION

Chair (2013):

*Rebecca Drenovsky
Biology Department
John Carroll University
University Heights, OH 44118
(216) 397-4451
Email: rdrenovsky@jcu.edu

Vice-Chair (2012):

Phil Gibson
Department of Zoology
University of Oklahoma
730 Van Vleet Oval
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-1792
Email: jpgibson@ou.edu

Secretary & Program Director (2014):

Christopher Meloche
Biology Department
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Science Building 213H
Denver CO 80217<
(303) 352-4143 (phone)
cmeloche@mscd.edu

ECONOMIC BOTANY SECTION
(more about economic botany)

Chair & Program Director (2014):

*Allison J. Miller, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Saint Louis University
3507 Laclede Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63103-2010
(314) 977-7653 (phone)
(314) 977-3658 (fax)
E-Mail: amille75@slu.edu

Secretary-Treasurer (2013):

Ina Vandebroek
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10548
E-Mail: ivandebroek@nybg.org

GENETICS SECTION

Chair (2012):

*Theresa Culley
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Cincinnati
614 Rieveschl Hall
Cincinnati, OH 43221-0006
(513) 556-9705, FAX (513) 556-5299
E-mail: theresa.culley@uc.edu

Vice Chair (2012):

Kristina Schierenbeck
Department of Biological Sciences
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929 -0515
(530) 898-6410
E-mail: kschierenbeck@csuchico.edu

HISTORICAL SECTION

Chair & Program Director (2014)

*Rusty Russell
E-Mail: RUSSELLR@si.edu

Secretary-Treasurer (2013)

Carol L. Kelloff, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program
Department of Botany, MRC166
Smithsonian Institution, NMNH
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
(202) 786-2518, FAX (202) 786-2563
E-MAIL: KelloffC@si.edu

Student Representative (2014):

Nuala Caomhanach
E-Mail: nuala.caomhanach@gmail.com

MYCOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair

*Melissa McCormick
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Edgewater, MD 21037
E-Mail: mccormickm@si.edu

Secretary-Treasurer:

Darlene Southworth
Department of Biology
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR 97520-5071
E-Mail: southworth@sou.edu

Program Director:

Greg Mueller
Department of Botany
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, IL 60022
E-Mail: gmueller@chicagobotanic.org

PALEOBOTANICAL SECTION

Chair (2012) :

*Mike Millay
Biology Department
RIffe Center 157
Ohio University Southern
1804 liberty Avenue
Ironton, OH 45638
E-Mail: millay@ohio.edu

Secretary-Treasurer & Program Director (2014) :

Brian J. Axsmith
Professor, Biology Department
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
(251) 460-7528
E-Mail: baxsmith@jaguar1.usouthal.edu

Web Manager:

Hongshan Wang
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
Dickinson Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 USA
(352) 392-1721 ex 250
E-Mail: hwang@flmnh.ufl.edu

Editor, Bibliography of American Paleobotany (2013):

Diane M. Erwin
Museum of Paleontology
University of California Berkeley
1101 Valley Life Science Bldg
Berkeley, CA 94720-4780
(510) 436-1072, FAX (610) 642-3921
E-mail: dmerwin@berkeley.edu

PHYCOLOGICAL SECTION

In Recess

PHYSIOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair (2012):

*Anitra Thorhaug
Yale University
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
370 Prospect Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
E-Mail: thorhaug@msn.com

Program Director (2013):

Peter Melcher
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY 14850
E-mail: pmelcher@ithaca.edu

Treasurer (2014):

Olga Ruiz Kopp
Utah Valley University
Orem, UT 84058-5999
E-mail: koppol@uvu.edu

PHYTOCHEMICAL SECTION

Chair (2012):

*Lalita Calabria, Ph.D.
Member of the Faculty | Botanist | Phytochemist
The Evergreen State College 
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Lab II 
Olympia, Washington 98505
Tel: 360-878-9775
E-mail: lalita.calabria@gmail.com

PTERIDOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair (2012):

*Michael D. Windham
Department of Biology
Duke University
Box 90338
Durham, NC 27707
E-mail: mdw26@duke.edu

Secretary-Treasurer (2012):

Karen Renzaglia
ORDA
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-4709
(618) 453-4549, FAX (618) 453-3441
E-mail: renzaglia@plant.siu.edu

Program Director (2012):

Kathleen Pryer
Department of Biology
Duke University
Box 90338
Durham, NC 27707
E-mail: pryer@duke.edu

SYSTEMATICS SECTION

Chair (2012):

*John Freudenstein
Museum of Biological Diversity
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43212-1157
(614) 688-0363
E-Mail: freudenstein.1@osu.edu

Secretary-Treasurer (& Program Director) (2013):

Patrick Herendeen
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022 USA
(847) 835-6956
Email: pherendeen@chicagobotanic.org

TEACHING SECTION

Chair (2012):

*Stokes S. Baker
University of Detroit Mercy
Biology Department
4001 McNichols Rd.
P.O. Box 19900
Detroit, MI 48219-0900
(313) 993-1142
E-mail: bakerss@udmercy.edu

Immediate Past Chair (2012):

James Wandersee
Louisiana State University
ETPP Department
223 Peabody Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-2348
E-Mail: jwander@lsu.edu

Vice Chair & Program Director (2013):

Carina Anttila-Suare
San Jose City College
2100 Moorpark Ave
San Jose, CA 95128
(415) 338-6487
E-mail: carina.anttila@sjcc.edu

Secretary/Treasurer (2014):

A. Bruce Cahoon
Associate Professor of Biology
Middle Tennessee State
Department of Biology, Box 60
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
(615) 494-8792
E-mail: acahoon@mtsu.edu

TROPICAL BIOLOGY SECTION

In Recess

NORTHEASTERN SECTION

SOUTHEASTERN SECTION

In Recess